MooNEr 1 

 OlbeechtsJ 



THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 



201 



*tG€'*yaGi' is a vocative form, the nominative, third person single 

 being aGe^yaoi', or perhaps aGe''yaGi;''Go. The medicine man was not 

 certain as to the meaning of the word, but was of the opinion that it 

 referred to aGe'^jaGv'oQ, a formuhstic name of the Sun, which in 

 Cherokee mythology is a woman. This is probably the true explana- 

 tion as the spirit is declared to dwell in the Sun Land, the East. 

 The name *iGe''yaGi;"'G8 occurs in several formulas and is probably 

 changed here to *tGe'*yaGi' to conform to the meter. [See p. 161.] 



In another fonnula for heat blisters it is explicitly declared that 

 (a)Ge^''yaGi;'*G9 has sent the disease. 



Og., who knows a different formula to cure this ailment, only uses 

 the chinquapin infusion after a simpler treatment, in which merely 

 water is blown on the patient, has failed. 



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!i'a' a'nme"'Dzi a'Da'n9"'wo*tT 



this their breast to cure anyone with 



V SO U 

 right, Loc 



askii'ya o' 



' na Ge 



blacl£ 



Du'Da-N^t'e-^'l-i^H 



he (E) has thought it 



Gese- " 



it is, App 



Dunu"'yt'anile-4' 



he (E) has put it 

 under 



SGe 



now then 



n9'°Do--yt- 



*a^-no'Gwo'' 



ha! now 



sta^t*9r)a"^nfGa' 



you (2) have come to listen 



stt'skuya' 



you (2) men 



DZO' 



sun, Loc, direction 



Dt'stotlt'o^'tsti' 



you (2) are staying 



DtGe'"Sttlo'S€!i' 



you two have pene- 

 trated them 



t^^staDtGo'tlt'anfGa' vtst^nawa^ aDo'^'niGa' 



you (2) have come to push it beyond it it has been said 



away as you (2) come by stretched 



SGe" 'a'-no-Gwo°' 



now then ha! now 



cold Loc, direction 



le'f'Ga vlsGe-'no" 



to push it it important 

 away 



utst^'nawa-GW'i'^' aoo^'nfGa' 



beyond it stretched-L it has been said 



sta't^Qija'^ufGa' sti^skuya' 



you (2) have come to listen you (2) men 



Dt'stotlt'o^'tsti' stt'Da'"We" 

 you (2) are staying you (2) wizards 



u*'s5ny'li De''ttstt'sk8b"\D°'ta' 



quiclvly cause him to let go his 



gripping (hands), you (2) 



i;"lsGe*'DO° 



it important 



stt'GaGe-'" 



you (2) red 



i;lsGe''D5° 



it important 



sa^'k'o-ni' 



blue 



t'\staDt'Ga°= 



you (2) have come 



nt'Du-'Dc'le'SsinS^' 



he has not noticed it 



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This (is) the Treatment for Their Breast 



FREE TRANSLATION 



The Black Man in the Night Land has caused it. He has put the 

 important thing under him. 



Now then! Ha, now you two have come to Hsten, you two Red 

 Men, you two are stajdng in the direction of the Sun Land. You 

 two have penetrated them, it seems. You two have come to push the 

 important thing away as you two go by. Relief has been caused. 



